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I. HOGELAND.

FOLDING CAMP STGOL. No. 329,903. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

W6? nm, fte?? MM@ IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ ISRAEL HOGELAND, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 'GEORGE P. ANDERSON, OF SAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,903, dated November 10, 1885. Application tiled February 20, 1885. Serial No. 156,505. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, IsRAEL HOGELAND, a resident of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Camp-Stools, a description of which is set forth in the following specication, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like letters indicate like. parts.

My invention consists in a camp-stool the seat part of which is a case formed of two halves hinged together, and the legs hinged at their ends to the partitions of the case, so that they will fold down, two legs in each part, and the case may then be closed together and form a neat box, and will be understood from the following description.

*In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of my device when opened and ready for use. Fig. 2 represents a bottom view open with the legs folded in the parts of the case. Fig. 3 is a side view with one leg thrown up, showing the locking-brace which holds the leg firmly in position. Fig. 4 is a section on the line x x, Fig. 2, showing the flare of the sides of partitions p. Fig. 5 is an end view of the case closed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the brace, showing the locking device.

In detail, c c are the two sides of the case, which, when open, form the seat, and are kept from folding by means of the hook Z1., fastened on one end, as shown in Fig. 1. Z are legs, which are secured two in each half` of the oase 3 5 and at opposite ends and to the alternate beveled sides of the partition-strips p, and b are braces formed in two parts, hinged to each other at Z, Fig. 6, so that they form a joint. When the leg is thrown up, as in Fig. 3, this 40 joint is pressed down, so that the two parts are in a diagonal line drawn from one end of the brace to the other, which stiffens the brace,and a small stop, s, on one part springs into ahole, h2, in the other part, locking the brace in position. (See Fig. 6.) When the joint of the brace is thrown up above such line, the leg may be folded down into the side of the case. One end of this brace is pivoted to the leg and the other end to the inside of the partition-strip 5o p. These strips are secured about the center of each half of the case, dividing that part into two smaller parts, each one of which is of sufficient width to receive the leg when folded down, the central portions of these strips being chamfered out to admit the free movement of the brace. The square or upper ends of these legs are pivoted to alternate sides of these partition-strips, which are beveled so as to secure the flaring of the legs 'when opened, (see Fig. 4,) the pivots being 6o shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the legs are folded down inside the case,by freeing the hook ZL from its engagement with the knob or eye on the other half, the two parts of the case, the legs being inclosed, may be folded together upon their connecting hinges to form a small and neat box, and when so closed they may be secured together by means of a common catch or hook,like that shown on the end ofthe device in Fig. l; and h represents the 7o handle for convenience in carrying the case about.

I thus provide astron g and serviceable stool adapted to be folded up into a case, which externally bears no resemblance what ver to a 7 5 stool or seat.

I am aware that chairs adapted to fold up in a case which is to be closed by a catch, as shown in the patent to Lyford, December 8, 1857, and Morse, January 31, 1871, are not 8o new, and do not claim as my invention the construction therein shown and described.

What I claim, and desireV to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l. The case composed of the two halves c c', 8 5 hinged together, each half provided with a partition-strip, p, thelegs Z, pivoted at opposite ends and on alternate sides of said strips, all combined substantially as described.

2. The case composed of the two halves c c', 9o hinged together, each part having the partitionstrip p, the legs Z, hinged at opposite ends and on alternate sides of said strips, the brace b, connecting such legs and strips, all combined substantially as described.

3. A camp-stool whose seat is composed of two parts adapted to fold together and form a box, and having legs pivotedf` to"1 partitionstrips, which divide each half of the case, the sides of these strips being beveled so that the Ico legs pivoted thereto will spread in opposite directions when opened, in combination with suitable braces for locking ihe same in place when opened, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 4. Afolding camp-stool composed of two hand this 7th day of February, 1885.

parts hinged together, each part divided by a ISRAEL HOGELAND Witnesses:

C. P. JAeoBs, W. E. BAR-TON.

5 partition-strip having beveled sides, in combination with legs pivoted to thebeveled sides of such strips, substantially as described. 

